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The nurse receives a call
from a client
who's a primigravida
at 39 weeks gestation,
who state's,
"Labor has started."
The client reports having
moderate lower abdominal pain
for three hours with contractions
every 10 to 12 minutes.
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The contractions improve
when the client sits or lies down.
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And no bloody or clear discharge
has been seen.
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Which instruction does
the nurse give to the client?
Okay, I hear you.
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There's a few of you
out there going,
"Yes, finally, a labor
and delivery question."
But most of the rest of us
were more to like,
"Oh, a labor and delivery question."
No worries, we have
great content for you here
about labor and delivery.
00:41
So if you're unsure
of some of that stuff,
you can brush up on it.
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We're going to talk through
the highlights here
on this question.
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So you can answer
these in the future.
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Now, look at how many lines
that question is.
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This is a relatively long question.
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And it is full
of assessment information.
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So you're gonna need to really
take your time and keep your focus,
because my brain sees
all those words and says,
"I don't want to do this one."
But not a good strategy for NCLEX.
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So let's take a look.
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I got a call.
So I'm a nurse from a client.
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Primigravida,
it's their first pregnancy.
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They're at 39 weeks,
which is pretty close. Right?
So we know they're toward the end.
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She states labor has started.
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Okay. So the nurse is going to need
a little more information than that,
besides labor has started.
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So the client reports.
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Alright, we know
that's super important.
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So the client reports having
moderate lower abdominal pain
for three hours with contractions
every 10 to 12 minutes.
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Well, I'm telling you,
when I take an exam, I'm thinking,
I'm actually using my hands
in very discreet gestures
to help focus my brain.
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So I'm saying,
moderate lower abdominal pain.
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Well, of course,
it's lower abdominal pain
because she's pregnant.
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Look at that descriptor
word though. Moderate.
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Okay, so that tells me it's
kind of middle of the road there.
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She's been having it
for three hours.
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Is that high, lower, or normal?
And then contractions
every 10 to 12 minutes.
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Numbers? Is that
high, low or normal?
Here's where you have
to make a call.
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Okay, the contractions improve
when the client sits or lies down.
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Okay, that's assessment information.
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Is that normal, if somebody's
really in intense labor?
Will the contractions improve,
when the client sits or lies down?
No bloody or clear discharge
has been seen. Okay.
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So you have to take from all
this assessment information.
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Think back what you've learned
in your courses about
the childbearing family.
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What is the best and safest thing
to do for this patient?
They're looking to see if you can
use your clinical nursing judgment
based on the cues in this question.
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And there are a lot of cues.
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All assessment data
is considered a cue.
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So what you need to do
to answer this question is,
we recognize the cues.
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Now you need to analyze them
and develop a hypothesis, right?
Figure out what you
think is actually going on
and what is the next best step?
So you've got
four answer choices there.
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Pause the video.
Work through them.
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Eliminate three, and say why?
And end up with your best answer.
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Restart the video.
We'll walk through it together.
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Hey, welcome back.
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Okay, number one,
let's just start at the top.
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Come to the hospital
when contractions are
three minutes apart.
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Now, remember,
we're looking for
which instruction does
the nurse give to the client?
So, come to the hospital,
when contractions are
three minutes apart.
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What do you remember about that
from your class?
Well, as a rule of thumb,
the client should head
to the hospital
when the contractions
have been five minutes apart
for at least one hour.
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And then they last about
a minute each.
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So if you want to remember
it's the 5, 1, 1 rule.
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So that's the easiest way
to remember this, 5, 1, 1.
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So they're five minutes apart
for at least one hour
and they last at least one minute.
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If you wait to the contractions
are three minutes apart,
that means they may be
too close together
for the patient to get
the kind of care that they need.
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So remember, 5, 1, 1.
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Now, pause for just a second
and see if you can repeat that
to yourself a couple times.
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What do those numbers represent?
Okay, I know we give you a lot
of time to pause and think through
but that is really
going to help you
understand,
how to do this on a test?
It's also going to help you
study as you go.
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Because we don't want to just
crank through questions with you.
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We want you to become
a better test taker.
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That's what we're after.
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So, number one. We are eliminating,
because we know the 511 rule, right?
Five minutes apart
for the past hour,
and one minute long.
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Okay, number two.
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Try to rest and drink fluids
and see if the contractions go away.
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Hmm, that seems kind of odd.
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But, you know, this client might
not be experiencing true labor.
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I mean, because in real labor,
the pain doesn't get better
if you sit or lie down.
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Instead, it gets more
intense as time passes.
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So, and usually true,
labor pain usually
starts in the back
and moves to the front
of the lower abdomen.
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Remember the location
of this patient's pain?
Right. The nurse could suggest that
the client rest and drink water,
which may stop the pain
if the client
is not really into labor.
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A nurse could also teach the
client the true signs of labor.
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They could use this
as a teaching moment
to kind of help the patient
think through where we are.
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So you want to
teach them things like
the contractions that are regular,
get closer together,
become stronger,
start from the back
and cause a bloody show,
if they're wiping
in their vaginal area.
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That's true labor.
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Now, I know you're saying like,
"Wouldn't it be better for them
to just come to the hospital?
Would not be
what you'd want to do?"
That would be the safest.
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But remember, an NCLEX exam,
they're asking you
to use your clinical judgment.
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So this nurse,
if this answer is right,
this nurse is recognizing
this is not true labor
for all the reasons
I just mentioned.
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So we're going to
leave it in for now
and see if it's
the best answer.
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Number three.
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Walk around the house
to speed up the labor process.
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Okay. She told you
that she feels better
when she's sitting or lying down.
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So that indicates a client
is likely not having true labor.
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So walking around the house is not
going to speed up the labor process.
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That's not appropriate advice.
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That's not good
nursing clinical judgment.
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So you want to make sure
that you don't give
this type of advice to a patient
in this kind of situation.
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In this case, we still think it's a
better answer to tell the patient,
try to rest, drink fluids, and
see if the contractions go away.
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So two is still a better answer
than three.
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Number four.
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"Have someone drive you to the
hospital now or call the ambulance."
Well, that would be my response,
because maternal child
is not my expertise.
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However, what are the things
we talked through?
This isn't true labor, right?
We know the 5, 1, 1 rule.
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We know the signs that
we've seen that really indicate
she may likely not be in true labor.
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And number two is actually
the correct answer.
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Try to rest, drink fluids,
see if the contractions go away.
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Alright, did you survive it?
Maybe you thrived in that question.
But remember,
practicing these questions,
especially in areas
you may not feel comfortable in
is a great way
to race up your learning.
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So, make sure you're going
through all the rationales
when you're practicing
on your own quiz bank,
ask, why is this answer choice
right or wrong?
If it's unclear to you,
or if it's new information to you,
be sure to put it in your notebook.
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Because every time you're reviewing
information in that notebook,
you're asking yourself,
"Hey, why would a nurse
need to know
this particular
amount of information?
And how would it keep
the patient safe?"
So like if I wrote down number one,
that's the 5, 1, 1 rule.
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I would know like,
oh, yeah,
if the contractions are
less than five minutes apart,
I'm not likely giving
the best advice.
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Those types of ways to
manipulate your notes.
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And I mean, not in a great way.
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Don't just randomly
write things down.
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Make sure you're thinking about,
why you're writing it down?
And how this information
will keep a patient safe.
08:54
Okay, whew.
You did a lot of work on that one.
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Good job.
08:58
But we're ready for the next one.